What language is considered the ancestor of the English language?

Quiz on the History and Modern Usage of the English Language

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Brenda Sánchez
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Sanskrit
Latin
Old Norse
Proto-Indoeuropean
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which group is NOT mentioned as a pioneer of the English language?
Anglo-Saxons
Frisians
Jutes
Celts
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the oldest literary evidence of Old English?
The Divine Comedy
Beowulf
The Canterbury Tales
Paradise Lost
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In which century did Old English start to evolve significantly?
15th century
11th century
8th century
5th century
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which of the following countries does NOT have English as an official language?
India
Singapore
Philippines
Japan
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What term describes a language used as an intermediate language between speakers of different native languages?
Creole
Dialect
Pidgin
Lingua franca
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a pangram?
A language with no native speakers
A type of poem
A sentence that includes all letters of the alphabet
A word with no vowels
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